Open AccessFrequency of thyroid incidentalomas in a multiethinic Karachi population.
Author(s) -
Mahrukh Kamran,
Nuzhat Hassan,
Muhammad Ikram Ali,
Farah Ahmad,
Sikandar Shahzad,
Nosheen Zehra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.304.4808
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , thyroid , thyroid cancer , population , thyroid nodules , iodine , gastroenterology , environmental health , materials science , metallurgy
The aim of this study was to determine frequency of thyroid incidentalomas (TI) through ultrasound (US) and its association with age, gender and ethnicities.